US4340973A - Selective calling receiver including a voltage converter with low power consumption - Google Patents

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US4340973A
US4340973A US06/190,924 US19092480A US4340973A US 4340973 A US4340973 A US 4340973A US 19092480 A US19092480 A US 19092480A US 4340973 A US4340973 A US 4340973A
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  • the present invention concerns a selective calling receiver using a voltage converter (hereinafter called "receiver").
  • receiver a voltage converter
  • the recent trend in the mobile communications is that the amount of transmitted information is ever increasing.
  • the devices are provided with multiple functions, which in turn requires a higher speed at the decoder section where the receiving operation is controlled or where the selective receiving operation is performed.
  • the decoder is often comprised of CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Silicon) devices to reduce the power consumption.
  • CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Silicon
  • an independent and exclusive power source (of about 5 volts) may be used for the decoder.
  • the voltage for the receiver section could be raised by a voltage (for example, DC-DC) converter.
  • Such an exclusive power source is, however, undesirable since the size of the receiver becomes larger and it requires an extra maintenance step of exchanging batteries.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a selective calling receiver wherein the decoder section stops an operation of the voltage converter at any time when the power consumption is low, thereby minimizing the power consumption in the voltage converter and realizing the power saving.
  • a selective calling receiver has a receiver section for receiving and demodulating radio signals.
  • a decoder section is connected to the receiver section and is operative with either a first power consumption or a second power consumption which is larger than the first power consumption.
  • the decoder section selectively receives the demodulated signals and controls the receiving operation.
  • a voltage converter section converts the output of a power source to supply power to the decoder section.
  • the voltage converter section is made non-operating in response to a signal from the decoder section when operating at the first power consumption level.
  • the voltage converter section is intermittently operated when the decoder is operating at the second power consumption level.
  • a timer activates the decoder section to switch to the first or lower power level after the power switching means is turned on. Between the voltage converting section and the decoder section, a suitable filter smooths the output from the voltage converting section.
  • FIG. 1 is an embodiment of a selective calling receiver in accordance with the present invention
  • FIG. 2 shows one example of a composition of a transmission signal
  • FIGS. 3(a) to 3(f) are the waveforms of signals appearing at the respective points a to f of FIG. 1 during the battery saving operation;
  • FIGS. 4(a) to 4(f) show waveforms of signals appearing at the respective points a to f of FIG. 1 when preamble signals are received;
  • FIG. 5 shows an example of a circuit for a simplified power source for the decoder of FIG. 1;
  • FIGS. 6(a) to 6(k) are the waveforms for signals appearing at the respective points a to k in FIG. 1 immediately after the power switch has been turned on.
  • Switch (SW) 1 is a power switch for the whole receiver.
  • a switch 2 turns on and off the power of a battery 4 to a DC-DC converter 5 in response to the output of an OR gate 3.
  • the DC-DC converter 5 raises the voltage of the battery 4 to supply the necessary voltage (for example, about 5 volts) to a main decoder 9 and a sub-decoder 33.
  • a switch 6 turns on and off the power to the main decoder 9 responsive to the output from an OR gate 7.
  • a switch 10 is used to reduce the power consumption, as is generally known, by intermittently supplying the power of the battery 4 to a receiver section 12 in response to the signals from an output port 11.
  • Switches 2, 6 and 10 are turned on and off intermittently. For briefly explaining how the radio signals are supplied to an antenna 13 and how calling signals are detected, we shall assume that only the switch 10 is turned on and off intermittently as shown in FIG. 3(d), while the rest of the switches are all kept turned on.
  • the main decoder 9 processes the received preamble signals of FIG. 2.
  • the preamble signal includes several tens of unique words as disclosed in FIGS. 2(b) and 2(c) of the U.S. Pat. No. 4,194,153.
  • the switch 10 When the switch 10 is turned on, the radio signal from the antenna 13 is amplified, frequency-converted, and demodulated to be supplied to the main decoder 9 (such as ⁇ COM-43 SINGLE CHIP MICROCOMPUTER ( ⁇ PD 546 or ⁇ PD 650) marketed by NEC).
  • a data bus 14 is signal line for data in the main decoder.
  • Input ports 15, 16, and 17 are the interfaces for inputing the signals from the outside circuits respectively connected thereto to the data bus 14.
  • the output ports 11, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 are the interfaces for feeding the signal from the data bus 14 to the outside circuits connected respectively thereto.
  • a CD (controller and decoder) 24 transmits the control signals to each block according to the program stored in ROM (Read Only Memory) 25.
  • the CD 24 also performs the operation of shifting the demodulation signal by one bit at the ALU (arithmetic and logic unit) 26, storing the data and comparing the stored data with the prescribed patterns.
  • the read-out timing of the demodulation signal is controlled by the output of TM F/F (Timer Flip-Flop) 23 which is set by a timer 12.
  • the switch 10 When the switch 10 is turned on for the period T6 shown in FIG. 3(d), the preamble signal codes and the predetermined codes stored in ROM 25 are collated at ALU 26. If their codes coincide with each other, the period T6 is extended for the period T6 (FIG. 4(d) which is sufficient to receive the calling signals #1 to #80 as shown in FIG. 2.
  • the main decoder 9 starts the receiving of calling signal codes and reads the demodulation signal codes into the shift register bit by bit at ALU 26, as the preamble signal codes are being received. Decoder 9 compares the preamble signal with its own calling signal codes pre-written in PROM (Programable Read Only Memory) 29. If the preamble coincides with its own calling signal codes, the controller and decoder CD 24 provides an intermittent audible signal to the output port 22, under the control instructions programmed in ROM 25, and in response to the signal sent from the timer 12 through TM F/F 23. The intermittent audible signal is fed to a speaker 31 by way of a buffer 30, to provide an alert signal. If the preamble signal is not its own calling signal codes, the calling signal code of the next word received.
  • PROM Programable Read Only Memory
  • an endmark signal (as shown in FIG. 2) is received to repeat the battery saving operation of FIG. 3(d) by intermittently turning on and off the switch 10.
  • ACC accumulator 27 in the main decoder stores the operational results of ALU 26 temporarily.
  • the PC program counter 32 is a counter designed to address the program written in ROM 25. The counter 32 is usually advanced by one step every time that an instruction is executed. The content of the counter 32 is renewed by the jump and subroutine instructions.
  • the main decoder 9 processes signals during the operating time of the receiver section 12.
  • the receiver need not operate when the receiver section 12 is not actuated.
  • the receiver reduces the power consumption during such period by turning off the power source to the main decoder 9 by the switch 6, shown in FIG. 1, which is similar to the operation of the switch 10.
  • a CLG (clock generator) 34 generates the system clock pulses for the main decoder 9 and the clock pulses for a timer 35.
  • the timer 35 is set by the signal from an output port 21 for the periods T2 and T4 (FIGS. 3(a) and 4(a) from the time the switch 6 switches OFF until the time when it switches ON. It is a programmable counter where the output OUT becomes low when activated, and high when time runs out.
  • This output OUT is connected to a preset terminal PR of the main decoder 9 through a differentiation circuit (comprising a capacitor 37 and a resistor 36) and an OR gate 41.
  • the resultant signal is used as the preset signal (FIGS. 3(b) and 4(b) for initializing the main decoder 9 every time the switch 6 switches ON.
  • the RS F/F 38 is an RS flip-flop which is set by the signal from the output port 18 and reset by the signal from the output port 19.
  • the correspondance of the preset signals (FIG. 3(b) and pulse P 1 or P 2 (FIG. 3(a)) is determined by the output Q of RS F/F 38.
  • T1 is a period during which the receiving section 12 operates to process the demodulated signals
  • T3 is a period during which the main decoder executes processing, to turn off the switch SW2, as will be mentioned hereunder.
  • the decoder comprising the main decoder 9 and the subdecoder 33 in FIG. 1 operates on two different modes of power consumption.
  • the operation of a DC-DC converter supplies the first and the second currents I 1 and I 2 , (I 1 I 2 ) to the decoder. This converter is stopped when the decoder is on the first current. The aim is to reduce the average current of DC-DC converter.
  • FIG. 5 is a simplified circuit of the power systems for the decoder of FIG. 1.
  • RS F/F 38 and T F/F 39 are reset and set as shown in FIGS. 3(e) and 3(c), respectively, immediately before the trailing edge of the pulse P 2 shown in FIG. 3(a).
  • the timer 35 is set to measure the time duration T4 between the trailing edge of pulse P 2 and the leading edge of P 1 . At the trailing edge of pulse P 2 , the timer 35 is activated. During the period T4, the switches (SW) 2 and 6 are turned off as shown in FIGS. 3(a) and 3(c), respectively. The output voltage from the DC-DC converter 5 is not available.
  • a diode 40 is for preventing the reverse current to DC-DC converter 5 from the capacitor 8, but it may be omitted if the equivalent impedance of the output of DC-DC converter 5, during the time when DC-DC converter is not operating, is very high as compared to the impedence of the subdecoder 33.
  • the main decoder thus preset, executes instructions from the starting address of the program sequentially.
  • the main decoder 9 judges that a preset signal P 1 ' corresponds to the pulse P 1 since the output Q of RS F/F 38 is a low level.
  • the decoder starts receiving preamble signals.
  • the pulses from the port 20 are supplied to triggered F/F 39, first to change its output from low to high, thereby turning on the switch 2 as shown in FIG. 3(c) in order to cope with the increased current at the decoder 9 which occurs when switch 6 turns on, as shown in FIG. 3(a).
  • the switch 10 is turned on to begin the receiver section 12 operation, and to receive the preamble signals as mentioned above.
  • the RS F/F 38 is set, as shown in FIGS. 3(e) and 4(e), before the trailing edge of a pulse P 6 of FIG. 3(d) or of a pulse P 6 in FIG. 4(d), in other words, when the receiving operation is completed.
  • the switch 6 is turned off as shown in FIGS. 3(a) and 4(a).
  • the timer 35 is set to measure the time duration T2 between the trailing edge of P 1 and the leading edge of P 2 , and it is activated in response to the trailing edge of P 1 .
  • the switch 2 is turned on and the switch 6 is turned off, so that the load on DC-DC converter 5 becomes lighter and the potential at the point f rises.
  • the capacitor 8 which has been discharged is recharged.
  • the time T2 is determined by the operating and nonoperating currents at the decoder, the capacity of the capacitor 8 and the output impedance of the DC-DC converter 5.
  • the switch 6 When the timer 35 indicates the end of the period T2, the switch 6 is turned on, the main decoder 9 is preset, and the instructions are executed with the starting address of the program, as for the afore-mentioned period T4.
  • the period T4 is programmed on the timer 35. When activated, the output OUT of the timer 35 switches low, the switch 6 becomes OFF and the sub-decoder alone keeps operating. The above operation is then repeated.
  • the DC-DC converter is operated and stopped in response to the difference in the current consumption or power consumption at the decoder.
  • the DC-DC converter realizes the reduction in the mean power consumption, without destroying the memory stored at the volatile memory element such as flip/flops and counters included in the decoder, by means of the voltage smoothing circuit composed of the diode and the capacitor.
  • a timer 42 and a timer 43 are the timers which are activated when the switch 1 is closed, and are thereafter operable by the voltage of the battery 4.
  • the timer 42 or 43 comprises either an integrating circuit (composed of a resistor R and a capacitor C) and a transistor switch activated by the voltage of the capacitor, or a constant current circuit, a capacitor connected to the constant current circuit and a transistor switch activated by the voltage of the capacitor.
  • the time set as measured by such a timer is determined by either the time constant of the CR circuit and the base-emitter voltage V BE of the transistor switch, or the output current of the constant current circuit, the capacity of the capacitor and V BE of the transistor switch.
  • FIGS. 6(a) to 6(k) show the waveforms at points a to k of FIG. 1, after the switch 1 has been turned on.
  • the switch 1 When the switch 1 is turned on, the voltage of the points g, h and i becomes high as shown in FIGS. 6(g), 6(h) and 6(i), and the switch 2 is turned on during the time period T8 set in a timer 42 as shown in FIG. 6(h) or 6(c).
  • the output of DC-DC converter 5 becomes sufficiently high, as shown in FIG. 6(f).
  • the output from an inverter 44 connected to the timer 42 is low.
  • the transistor 101 is an initial preset section 45 and then is turned off.
  • the voltage at the collector of transistor 101 is pulled up to the voltage point f by a resistor 102. Accordingly, the collector voltage waveform for the transistor 101 is at the same potential as the points f and b of FIGS. 6(f) and 6(d).
  • the preset terminal PR of the main decoder 9 the preset terminal PR of the timer 35 and reset terminals of RS F/F 38 and T F/F 39 become high.
  • the switch 6 is turned on by the output of the timer 43 applied through OR gate 7, as shown in FIG. 6(i) or 6(a) to feed power to the main decoder.
  • the output OUT of the timer 35 is set at high, as shown in FIG. 6(k), and RS F/F 38 and T F/F 39 are reset as shown in FIGS. 6(e) and 6(j), respectively.
  • the timer 42 acts to operate the DC-DC converter 5 for a predetermined period of time T8 and sets the various portions securely in the initial states after the output of DC-DC converter 5 reaches the voltage which enables an operation of the main decoder 9.
  • the reference numeral 103 denotes a resistor.
  • the timer 43 acts to keep the switch 6 on until the main decoder 9 is activated.
  • the time period T9 is longer than the time period T8.
  • the operation in the main decoder 9, after activation, is the same as that which occurs during the steady state, with the switch 1 turned on.
  • the present invention provides a timer which operates immediately after the switch is turned on and continues until the output from the DC-DC converter has fully risen to enable the operation of the DC-DC converter.
  • the output of the DC-DC converter which is the power source voltage of the decoder, and the output of the timer may be used together as a means to give preset signals to the decoder in order to securely obtain the preset signal after the output from the DC-DC converter has risen sufficiently.

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